Sunday, June 1, 2014

If I have time in foreign cities I like the check out the big supermarkets.

So I caught the bus to Auchan, not far away. It is HUGE: 78 checkouts, not counting the self checkouts,

2 floors with double escalators. It must get busy!

Self serve "bulots".

Usually when there are 2 of us we bring home some of this Amora mustard, 1kilo for 1.50 Euros.

Too heavy when I'm carrying my own suitcase, especially up and down all the stairs on the Metro.

Had trouble choosing some chocolate from all this lot but a local pointed out her favourite.

And then, off to lunch, today Bistrot Paul Bert.

Each time I have been to a market I have seen the white asparagus so I was glad it was on the menu de jour. I was not disappointed.

Then the main course came in a little casserole dish, epaule d'agneau aux petits legumes.

The lamb was melt in the mouth delicious.

Et desert? I opted for cheese.

What can I say? What a selection; another thing I love about France.

No I didn't eat all of it.

Can you tell? I'm having a lovely time.

Better do something touristy now. I am not a bit museum goer. I am not good at all that queuing and standing around. But I was keen to see the Musee Marmottan-Monet.

So back onto the Metro. I only had to take one line to the museum but I lost count of the number of stops.

Lucky, lost count not consciousness after my big lunch.

It has been a lovely sunny afternoon so I didn't mind queuing. It was packed when I got inside and I was a bit underwhelmed until I realised I had all missed the main part. I had turned right not left. Again.

Well I can say if you see nothing else in paris this is a MUST. The collection of Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and other impressionist painters is breath taking.

No photos allowed.

And then when I left guess what? I saw another bus going to Gare de l'Est, and then I walked home.

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About Me

I have been playing with textiles most of my life.
In recent years I have developed a particular interest in japanese textiles. I started collecting used cotton kimonos and futon covers which were relatively inexpensive. I would unpick them and launder the pieces and then use the fabric to make new pieces, mostly quilts.
More recently the fabric has become particularly expensive especially the older mended pieces (or boro) and I have had to curtail my collecting. In my work I have tried to develop pieces from within the limits of my fabric collection. I have made pieces which are almost monochromatic, such as only blues or only whites.
This has challenged me to extract contrast and pattern and texture from within a very limited range of colour. I am smitten with indigo but also have explored whites and taupes and occasionally silks for the lustre they can contribute.